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Mann resigns as Pawtucket Foundation executive director
(Updated, 5:35 p.m.) Thomas A. Mann Jr. has resigned as executive director of the Pawtucket Foundation, effective Oct. 12, the organization announced Tuesday. more
| 10/2/12 | 2 comments
Supreme Court upholds health care reform law
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling this morning on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, upholding the law, saying in a 5-4 decision that the law, with its mandate requiring health insurance coverage, was constitutional. more
R.I. nonprofits receive grants to combat veteran homelessness
Two veteran advocacy nonprofits – Operation Stand Down Rhode Island and Veterans Inc. – will receive grants to help prevent and end homelessness among veterans, lawmakers announced Wednesday more
R.I. awarded $624K for food, shelter assistance
Rhode Island was awarded $624,045 in federal funding to supplement the state’s emergency food and shelter programs. more
| 8/17/12 | 1 comment
Five Questions With: Diana Franchitto
President and CEO of Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island talks about the organizations work. more
AS220 Youth wins national arts award
AS220 Youth – the arts collaborative’s free arts education program for at-risk teens – has won a 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, AS220 announced Friday. more
| 11/16/12 | 1 comment
Central Falls schools land $10M from Gates Foundation
(Updated, 4 p.m.)The Central Falls District-Charter Collaboration Compact, at the Segue Institute for Learning, has received a $10 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Central Falls School District announced Tuesday ahead of a press conference. more
Kids Count: R.I. youth employment rate at 50%
Rhode Island’s youth employment rate, at around 50 percent for those aged 16 to 24, is following in what is being called a dangerous trend of declining against a still struggling economy, according to a new Kids Count report from the Annie B. Casey Foundation. more
Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport gets $1K grant
Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County recently received a $1,000 grant from OceanPoint Insurance Agency and The Selective Insurance Group Foundation, the foundation of Selective Insurance Group Inc. more
1/7/13
Ocean State Job Lot makes record food donation
(Updated Jan. 4, 10:45 a.m.)On Tuesday, Jan. 15, Ocean State Job Lot will make a record donation to food banks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and New York. more
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